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Site Navigation

  • Safety
  • Simonyi
  • AuxTel
  • Observatory
  • Communications
  • Contribute
  • Setup
  • Rubin docs

Section Navigation

  • ATCS
  • AT Calibration System
  • Cabinet Content Diagrams
  • LATISS
  • AuxTel EUI Access

Weather Constraints

  • AuxTel Weather Constraints

Standard Operations

  • AuxTel Standard Operations
    • Daytime Operations
      • Daytime Checkout
      • Prepare for vent
      • LATISS Combined Calibrations Generation Procedure
      • LATISS Daily Calibrations BIAS, DARK and FLAT: all filters + empty
      • LATISS Daily Calibrations BIAS and DARK only
      • Prepare ATCS For Flat Fields
    • Nighttime Operations
      • Prepare for On-Sky Operations
      • Monitoring LATISS Disperser Wheel Position
      • Scheduler Night-time Operation
      • Shutdown

Non-Standard Operations

  • AuxTel Non-standard Operations
    • ATCS
      • AuxTel LOTO Procedure
      • Verify Telescope and Dome Drives Interlocks
      • Center, absorb pointing offsets, mirror alignment and focus
      • AuxTel E-Stop Procedure
    • LATISS
    • AT Calibration System
    • AuxTel Emergency Shutdown
    • AuxTel Recovery after Shutdown

Troubleshooting

  • AuxTel Known Faults
    • ATCS
      • ATHexapod fails to enable with the rest of ATCS
      • AuxTel Mount Control System Fails to Enable / E-Stop is Engaged
      • AuxTel Mount Fails to Move
      • AuxTel Mount Fails to Move and Times Out
      • AuxTel M1 Cover Fails to Open
    • LATISS
      • ATDewar Alarm - LATISS CCD overcooling
      • AT camera recovery
      • ATSpectrograph Recovery
    • AT Calibration System
    • General Troubleshooting
      • AuxTel Elevation Out of range
      • AuxTel Image out of focus
      • AuxTel Lost Pointing Accuracy
      • AuxTel Rotator Out Of Range

SAL Scripts

  • Common AuxTel Scripts & Configurations

Nighttime OperationsΒΆ

Standard operations during a scheduler-driven observation night.

  • Prepare for On-Sky Operations
  • Monitoring LATISS Disperser Wheel Position
  • Scheduler Night-time Operation
  • Shutdown

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